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Education
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Law,
A.B., University of the Philippines
Pre-Law, Ateneo de Manila |
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During
the Marcos Dictatorship
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1972-1986
Human Rights Lawyer, Freedom Fighter
- First
lawyer to challenge before the Supreme Court the constitutionality
of Proclamation 1081 imposing martial law
- Thereafter,
he questioned before the Supreme Court along with
others: 1) the ratification of the Marcos-dictated
1973 Constitution; 2) amendment Six that empowered
President Marcos to exercise law making powers alongside
the Batasan Pambansa; 3) the power of military tribunals
to try civilians.
- Participated
before military commissions in the defense of Ninoy
Aquino, Eugenio Lopez, Jr., Jose Maria Sison, Commander
Dante, Jovito Salonga, Eva Kalaw and many others.
- Handled
more human rights cases than any other lawyer, from
1972-1986.
- Incarcerated,
thrown into a bartolina and held incommunicado and
in solitary in a military stockade.
- Gassed,
injured and hospitalized during protest rallies.
- Counsel
of Cory Aquino in the Snap Elections.
- Co
founded FLAG and MABINI.
- His
Professional affiliations include the American Bar
Association, the International Bar Association (London),
and the Union Internationale de Advocats (Paris).
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After
EDSA
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Executive
Secretary
- First
Appointee of Cory Aquino
Chairman
of the Philippine National Bank
Philippine
Director to the Asian Development Bank
Founding
Chairman, First Philippine Fund, New York
The
Senate extended him rare commendation in Senate Resolution
No. 100 "Commending Joker P. Arroyo for His
Invaluable Services to the Filipino People"
The
104-year old Philippine Bar Association awarded him
its "Most Distinguished Award for Justice"
as a "man beholden to no one except
to his country."
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In
Congress
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1992
to Present
Representative, 1st district of Makati obtaining
80% of the votes cast in the elections.
- 100%
attendance record in the House of Representatives
since his election; remained the only independent.
- He
has never traveled abroad on government money.
- His
Statement of Assets and Liabilities has remained the
same from the time he entered public service in 1986
up to the present.
- Consistently
voted every year by media as "Outstanding
Congressman of the Year"
- Prosecutor
in the Impeachment Case against Joseph Ejercito Estrada.
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